Wait, Whut? You gotta set the points gap and use some kinda machine thingy on points? Well I'll be damned. That could be what's been wrong with "your" POS Nova all these years?
Here's what happened with the Nova. This all started when the POS stalled last year in Frankenmuth. No fire when it is hot. Checked spark at coil, had none. Bad coil, right? I bought a new Mallory coil, which is now made in China, installed it, car seemed to run fine for a while. Then it stalled again. No fire at coil when hot. Cools off and fires right up. Check voltage to coil positive, have a full 12 volts going to it. Supposed to be around 9.7, so I check the resistor wire, it's putting a full 12 volts into coil. Hummmm, bad resistor wire? Say what the hell, buy a coil that has a built in resistor, car fires right up and seems to run fine. Wrong, gets hot and stalls again after 20 or so miles. Decide to check voltage when running. Shit!!! 16.8 volts feeding coil!! Check voltage at battery, same thing. Change voltage regulator, had a new Lectric Limited AMERICAN made one in stock, bamm! Around 13.8 now going to battery and coil when running, 12.8 when sitting. Go to Advance Auto and buy a 1.75 ballast resistor. Install new "super dupper" Mexican made POS ballast resistor. Start car and POS ballast starts to smoke. Turns the whole thing black. Get mad, jerk POS off car and throw across garage. Call Lectric Limited and order new AMERICAN made 12 volt coil. Go to the only REAL parts store left in a hundred mile radius, Arrow Automotive, buy a 1.75 AMERICAN made ballast resistor. Install new AMERICAN made coil and resistor, check voltage when running. 12.8 going into resistor, 9.7 coming out of resistor. Now have low voltage going to points. Seems to be fine now.
Hank, come get this POS before I have to fix something else. The storage fees that you will have to pay are getting pretty high.
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